Science: Older than Egypt?

For years, Italian Anthropologist Fabrizio Mori has been trekking into
the Libyan Desert to look for graffiti, ancient inscriptions on rocks.
Near the oasis of Ghat, 500 miles south of the Mediterranean coast, he
found on his last expedition a shallow cave with many graffiti
scratched on its walls. When he dug into the sandy floor, he found a
peculiar bundle: a goatskin wrapped around the desiccated body of a
child. The entrails had been removed and replaced by a bundle of herbs.

Such deliberate mummification was practiced chiefly by the ancient
Egyptians. But...